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On the second occasion he won the race, driving a Bentley Speed Six in partnership with Woolf Barnato, with the Bentley team delivering a 1-2-3-4 victory. In 1929, Kidston was travelling from Croydon to Amsterdam aboard a German airliner when, 21 minutes into the flight, he sensed an imminent crash and assumed the safety position.
The Bentley Era: The Fast and Furious Story of the Fabulous Bentley Boys. Quadrille Publishing. ISBN 9781844002412; Frankel, Andrew (2005). Bentley: The Story. Redwood Publishing. ISBN 0-9517751-9-7; Moity, Christian; Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu (1992). 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Besançon: Éditions d’Art. ISBN 2-909-413-06-3
Other Bentley Boys also had flats in the same block and, such was the number of Bentley cars parked outside, the location was known to taxi drivers as "Bentley's Corner". He also owned Ardenrun Place, a country house situated near Lingfield, Surrey. Originally built in 1906–1909 by Ernest Newton for the Konig family, the house was the scene ...
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The Bentley Boys favoured Bentley cars. Many were independently wealthy and many had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from 1927 to 1930.
1929 24 Hours of Le Mans Previous: 1928 Next: 1930 Index: Races | Winners The new 1929 circuit The 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 7th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 15 and 16 June 1929. In the most dominant display in the race to date, Bentley achieved a comprehensive victory taking the first four places on distance. Bentley director Woolf Barnato ...
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British adult entertainer Lily Phillips has revealed her ambitious mission of breaking the record for sleeping with the most men in 24 hours. Dubbed the “record-breaking event of the year ...